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Conservative but out there boy name?!

140 replies

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 10/05/2025 11:27

So, I’m having a boy. Names-wise, I.Did.Not.Prepare.For.This.

For a girl, I would have punted Céline, Margot, Audrey, Vivienne (Vivi), Anaïs, Genevieve, Bridget etc to DH.

My own name is rare but not a weird name, so I’ve always liked that - people have heard of it, but don’t necessarily know someone else with it.

I’d like a name that was strong, a bit zhuzh-y with a sprinkle of eccentric but also fine for a CEO to be called! Does it exist?

This is our first. We have a double-barrelled aggregate four syllable surname, but I’d pick a vanilla-ish middle name so the whole name wasn’t totally nuts.

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Springhassprungxx · 10/05/2025 12:58

I like Gabriel

mnahmnah · 10/05/2025 12:57

Hector
Tobias
Rafferty

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 10/05/2025 12:55

Pierre
Byron
Conrad
Rufus
Magnus

MissFenellaPrism · 10/05/2025 12:55

Raymond
Neville
Walter
Cedric
Augustine
Constantine
Brian
Mervyn
Jeremy
Alan
......be ahead of the curve....

Xiaoxiong · 10/05/2025 12:54

Edmund
Giles
Iolo
Rufus
Cassian
Ossian

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 10/05/2025 12:53

Is Raphael considerably poncy/solidly middle class room for a pony vibe?

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BriocheForBreakfast · 10/05/2025 12:52

My daughter knew a lad called Justus.

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 10/05/2025 12:51

Glad to see that some of the potential boys names I had are cropping up in here 😇

Feel like this kid really has to be a looker to pull some of them off 😉

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Delphiniumandlupins · 10/05/2025 12:41

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 10/05/2025 12:23

I thought this too, but what’s the nickname?

Iggy?

HugoYorway · 10/05/2025 12:36

Eden, Heath, Cameron, May , Stuart, Perceval, Stanley, Cecil.

Hollyhobbi · 10/05/2025 12:31

Edmund or Rupert. I’m Irish so these sound quite posh to my ear😉

mugglewump · 10/05/2025 12:28

Atticus
Inigo
Yannick
Rohan
Hector
Teddy (Theodore or Edward)
Amos

MirandaBlu · 10/05/2025 12:28

Adair
Armand
Basil
Bayard
Bertram/Bertrand
Clovis
Cyprian
Cyrus
Efraïm
Emeric
Esmond
Everard
Isidore
Leander
Lionel
Lorenzo
Maël
Otis
Pascal
Peregrine
Rainier
Stefan
Thaddeus
Vincent

HiddenInCubeOfCheese · 10/05/2025 12:23

sesquipedalian · 10/05/2025 12:10

Maybe something like Inigo?

I thought this too, but what’s the nickname?

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BasketballHoopla · 10/05/2025 12:18

Linus
Otto
Archer
Lucian
Magnus
Xavier
Christian
Caius
Sidney
Campbell
Ellis
Leonard
Malachy

BoredZelda · 10/05/2025 12:13

notatinydancer · 10/05/2025 11:50

Rex
Sebastian (not Seb)

There are two Sebastians in my daughter’s class at a high school that’s largely not middle class. It’s not as rare as you might think. And everyone shortens it to Seb.

@HiddenInCubeOfCheese I like Ossian, good strong name.

PurpleRobe · 10/05/2025 12:13

Crispin
Tobias
Kramer
Tristan

sesquipedalian · 10/05/2025 12:10

Maybe something like Inigo?

Moreteaandchocolate · 10/05/2025 12:09

Laurence
Benedict
Orson
Caspian
Evander
Damian
Tristan
Rufus
Atticus
Samson
Nathaniel
Elijah
Gilbert
Reginald / Reggie
Dominic
Montgomery / Monty
Victor
Xavier
Xander
Barnaby / Barney
Felix
Jasper
Josiah
Solomon
Rupert
Austin
Quentin
Gabriel
Robin
Leonard
Walter
Gregory
Jeremy
August
Darius

TyrannasaurusJex · 10/05/2025 12:08

I have a Raffy and a Jasper - Jasper in particular seems to strike this chord, everyone knows the name but we've not yet come across any other children called it (which probably means it's due to become wildly popular haha)

OrangeCrushes · 10/05/2025 12:07

Aloysius

Rorous · 10/05/2025 12:06

Caspian

Gemstonebeach · 10/05/2025 12:01

August
Kit
Barnaby
Oslo
Heath
Miles

notatinydancer · 10/05/2025 11:50

Rex
Sebastian (not Seb)

Hkgyvd · 10/05/2025 11:48

Rex
Max
Lucas
Rufus
Tobias